Friday, September 9, 2016

Well, a lot of things have come to light about this song. Suggs wasn't really in the band. As you probably suspected, the saxophone is a little bit out of tune. And that step they do, which would later become synonymous with their 'nutty boy' alter egos, was borrowed from Ian Dury & the Blockheads. But Prince Buster just died, another victim of the remorseless soul-eater that is 2016, and fuck it, it's Madness.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

If you're not interested in the creepy lyrics to the otherwise sublime standard that is "Love for Sale", you can cut right to these two old friends tearing it up at 1:25. Who knew the Velvet Fog could scat like that?